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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector;

/**
 * PrimitiveObjectInspector works on primitive data that is stored as a Primitive Java object.
 * 
 * Always use the ObjectInspectorFactory to create new ObjectInspector objects, instead
 * of directly creating an instance of this class. 
 */
class StandardPrimitiveObjectInspector implements PrimitiveObjectInspector {

  Class<?> primitiveClass;
  
  /** Call ObjectInspectorFactory.getStandardPrimitiveObjectInspector instead.
   */
  protected StandardPrimitiveObjectInspector(Class<?> primitiveClass) {
    this.primitiveClass = primitiveClass;
  }

  public Class<?> getPrimitiveClass() {
    return primitiveClass;
  }

  public final Category getCategory() {
    return Category.PRIMITIVE;
  }

  public String getTypeName() {
    return ObjectInspectorUtils.getClassShortName(primitiveClass);
  }

}
